[Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

[John Sturdy]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Borbus <borbus at gmail.com> wrote:

> distillery=whisky
>
> Do we need to make a distinction between whisky and whiskey?  I don't
> know much about whiskey, I seem to remember the difference is more than
> just spelling.

Whisky (Scottish) is distilled twice (and the smoke used to dry the
grain passes through the grain); Whiskey (Irish) is distilled three
times, and the grain is dried by heat, but the smoke doesn't pass
through it.  So yes, there is a difference, not much, but we might as
well map it.

__John